I don’t dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don’t know, people’s perceptions of me. I truly don’t.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI was raised on, ‘You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.’
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My last name is originally Irish. I’m not exactly sure whereabouts it’s from, but I’ve got family branches that were traced back there.
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The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
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Life is a series of commas, not periods.
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I’ve been in a couple of weddings where the coolest people that were the most day before so mellow and then the day of the wedding freaking out.
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I’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.
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I’d rather go around in a good pair of jeans that you don’t wash every day, because they get more and more comfortable.
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One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven’t seen him in five years. Where have you been?
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My wife and I don’t compete. We know each other’s preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That’s what friends do.
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I’ve got a great sense of humor, and if I’m able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that’s hugely flattering.
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I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
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Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.
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I know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone’s inside virtually going everywhere they want to go.
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I will say this: one of the things that is a pain when you’re expecting children is how much advice unsolicited people give you when you’re not asking for it.
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There’s a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps.
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I like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux.
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